Collection policy management for the Kuopio University and Kuopio University Hospital, Finland: Detecting the needs of users and developing high-quality collections

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-188

  Kananen, Jukka ^a   Ovaska, Tuulevi ^a   Saarti, Jarmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; HUMAN; LIBRARY; LIBRARY SCIENCE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT; LIBRARY SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33750119791     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2006.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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